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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Canon del Agua, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canon del Agua and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Canon del Agua:
- 35.252820, -106.219468
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Canon del Agua
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Santa Fe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Fe County
- Since Canon del Agua is near Sandoval County and also Bernalillo County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sandoval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bernalillo County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Canon del Agua
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canon del Agua ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cedar Crest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Coyote ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Coyote is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Dolores ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dolores is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Forest Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Park is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Frost ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Frost is located in Bernalillo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Golden ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Golden is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Lacy Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lacy Place is located in Santa Fe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Place
- Madrid
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Montezuma ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Montezuma is located in Sandoval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
How Far From Canon del Agua to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Canon del Agua to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canon del Agua and extending to:
- Santa Fe, which is the Seat of Santa Fe County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Canon del Agua to Santa Fe, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Santa Fe, which is the State Capital of New Mexico, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,620 miles [2,607.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 64 days and walking would take 92 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,169 miles [11,537.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,928 miles [12,758.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,842 miles [9,401.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Canon del Agua) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Canon del Agua to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Canon del Agua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2528, Longitude: -106.2195 In this case, the coordinates for Canon del Agua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 326.939 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 325.05 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 319.011 degrees. |
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